Dick Van Dyke

It's more in my nature to be optimistic, I think. I'm one of those people who gets up on the right side of the bed in the morning. ”

It's quite hard to act yourself all the time. ”

That rule about having to act one's age? I just don't buy it. ”

The first time I met Mary Tyler Moore, I thought she was just beautiful, but I thought she was a little young. ”

I pay attention to the news. I take the 'New York Times.' I do the Saturday crossword. ”

I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel. ”

Put me on solid ground and I'll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving. ”

I was the class clown, you know, that kind of thing, and I gathered around me a group of guys who also were silly. I was in all the plays and everything. But I don't know, at that time show businesses looked like the moon, you know, it was so far away. I wanted to be a radio announcer. ”

I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance, too, but it hurts now! ”

Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good. ”